Solar Curiosity and the Role of New York and Massachusetts in It Due to the financial incentives and thanks to the renewable energy-adopting lawmakers, the Northeastern States rule in the section of residential solar usage. While home-ownership in a state which was dominated by blazing sunshine and cloudless skies, frozen margarita jugs and other lovely summer delicacies reign in the place. From the best states, i.e. the financially wealthy, for solar installations, these are in the parts of the country which can be described as stormy, rainy and mercurial; in short, unbearable. In the 2015 State Solar Panel Rankings Report, it had rolled out letter grades to all states of the United States of America, gauging them on the parameters of available incentives to the homeowners, payback time, long-term well-being and health in solar power and renewable energy policies. New York and Massachusetts both ranked A+ among the states, while Vermont and New Jersey ranked an A. It has hence become obvious that the sunny weather had little contribution in money saving, because the state receiving the most sunshine, “Florida� had got a C grade. North Dakota, Alabama and Idaho, whereas, ranked at the bottom of the list. Oklahoma had ranked among the bottom last year, however, this year; it had crawled up the ranking to 49. Let’s have a look at what these states did wrong or right to earn the growth or decline in the rankings. In the process of ranking, Solar Power Rocks had an array of criteria, which they judged each state upon. These array of parameters are categorized into Incentives (solar tax rebates and property sales tax convenience, etc.), Legislative Policy (electricity cost, renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and RPS solar carve-out), and finally Solar Accessibility (interconnection and net metering). While the middle states such as Hawaii and Arizona are blessed with the sunlight, they should have achieved high marks in many categories; however, they landed on a solid B grade. In 2014, the most impressive switch ups in the rankings had been of Connecticut, which had boosted up by ten ranks to number three on the list, Minnesota, which had went up from 22 to number 8, while Rhode Island went up fifteen numbers and Wisconsin went up by twelve spots. By these rankings, the United States of America tends to boost up the usage of solar power and assist these states in creating an environment that builds its solar powered electricity, free from any carbon emissions.
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